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hope to meet you guys too. I'm from out of town.. and would definitely like to meet some new nursing friends! - Jen

i work right next to a nurse who complains day in and day out-- almost every second she's working, theres something to complain. it seriously gets REAL old REAL fast. maybe just get someone who is appreciative of their job to work there.. instead of bringing their morale down. Yesterday, the same nurse was asked to translate a conversation between the doctor and patient, since shes the only one speaking that language on the same unit. She actually called management and demanded extra pay for the translation. And said i heard so and so got a extra bonus for being a translator, so why can't I? Nope will not do it! Let the hospital hire an interpreter for 15 minutes, who cares! and this went on and on and on.. even when the Dr. came to ask, she said the same thing. I was shocked.. someone get her fired already.

whoa we get uniforms????? i thought i was going to need scrub shopping! anyone know what color is ucla-sm?? i think i start sept 2

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agreed!

we are humans, and we make mistakes. don't tear yourself up over it. i've known couple nurses who make mistakes, and some does not even want to owe up to it-- even after being confronted. By the end of the day, no one is really hurt, and it tested your morale. it'll make you become more vigilant.

hey guys! can you guys give me some insight on the TalentPlus behavioral interview??? I just got the verbal offer from the manager after the interview, and reassured me that the personality interview was something I don't have to worry about but needs to be done soon. any insight on the talentplus? is it normal the talentplus interview comes after a verbal offer after the interview with the unit manager.???

i'm wondering... you think management leaves the unit short-staffed because theres honestly NO nurses they can hire out there... or you think they rather do the $$ game. Less staff= less money management spends. That's the theme at my facility. I have 20 psych patients.. and its consistently a workload that cannot be finished in a 9 hour shift. So every nurse sacrifice their lunch, breaks, sanity, stay over 2 hours --clocked out to finish. (because if you have OT, they will call u in the office and write you up. but if u clock out to finish- they're saying you're a liability on their premise! what do you do?!) guess what, management doesnt care. they said... you need to work FASTER!

acute psych..... SO YES!!!!!! i've witnessed the staff getting bite by patients with open wounds and teeth marks + bleeding. another staff got punched in the face and got a swollen black eye because the pt thought the staff was "talking crap" behind her back. in reality she was just taking vitals for another patient... ohhhh it gets real bad. time to take out the ativan.. haldol... benadryl..

nurse patient ratio is a huge one.. consider your load. your safety there.. risk for losing a license?

i just got my first paycheck and i was deducted over 1k in taxes. FML!!!!!!

23 BSN

I'm a new grad who recently found a job in the bay area, and i'm not gonna lie, the $ is sooo good. Nurses can easily make over 90-100K here. I'm in acute pscyh/ adolescent psych and the job is soooo stressful. The nurses I work with are pulling double time, over time, 16 hour shifts if they want to. Starting with $49 on weekends, and going double if you pull double shift. Right now, some of the nurses are literally sit watching the pts as they go to bed and sleep during noc, getting paid double time. I worked on july 4th, and the pay was almost 70 an hour. the problem is, hospitals aren't willing to train now. So they are putting this high salary in front of me, with limited orientation, and telling me, you either can take it or someone else will. My hospital gave me a 5 day orientation and pushed me out on the floor as a new grad. I have pts who are highly psychotic/ highly sucidial. They are banging on the nurses station crying/screaming/yelling for mercy, coming to you, telling you they just accidentally cut their wrist open with a blade, while you have another psychotic fighting with another psychotic pt. while I have paperwork backed up like a mountain. Good? i don't think soo. They're leaving me to sink or swim. My cost of living here is very low b/c i got smart and found a cheap and nice place to live. So is the money worth it? you tell me.

Hello lovely nurses, I'm a new grad nurse and recently found a Acute Psych position. Just wondering if i'll be having difficulty going into other fields later on..?? Some people say getting out of Psych is pretty hard once you go into it. is that true? did anyone manage to completely change fields? just wondering since our unit doesn't receive any medically unstable patients.. so i'll be performing zero skills.

took me 1 whole year. Graduated May 09 Passed Nclex July 09 First interview July 10, got the job. CALIFORNIA. not the field i was aiming for, but close to home. so i'm not complaining :)